melbourne spring open 2009??? to be or not to be

smskill12 said:
you should learn the rules as well on the wca
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Heh, I've read through them once :D
I've a whole bunch of logical corrections noted down (mostly grammar).

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On another note, GPT seem pretty keen. I'd hazard a guess that they wont be much help financially, but their enthusiasm to host it is good.

A kind marketing co-ordinator at GPT gave me this to ponder over:
- The nature of the event (type of games, how it would work)
Puzzle Competitions. Overview of WCA competition process.
- Timelines (when you are looking to hold the event, and for how long)
During the Australian Open. Two days on the weekend.
- Equipment required/ supplied & logistics
Tables, chairs, stackmats, timers, displays, projector, PA equip...
- Advertising/media used to promote the event
No idea. Will have to talk to some people in that field...
- Anticipated PR/media exposure
lol, see above
- Requirements of Melbourne Central
Safe venue. Quiet? Sponsorship?
- Any associated costs
Lots...

I guess I'm posting this to give others in my position more to think about. It's probably more viable to find a club that can host the event. But they'd have to be in a decent location and preferably open to everyone (no religious groups excluding others etc).

Heh, these kind of events are so easy to host in small towns but in capital cities...

To the viewers, please don't critique our efforts thus far. It's blatantly obvious that we're inexperienced and even more obvious that we're looking for help working out the logistics :-P

Cheers,
Tim.
 
sorry i haven't posted here for a while guys, but i have actually been thinking about the competition. I don't really want this competition to be a massive event with lots of publicity, probably just a smallish one day comp that can prove to sponsors that we can actually organise one. i know it would be ideal to have the competition during the australian open, but i will be away from the 8th to the 23rd of january, meaning i can't organise it. if someone else is willing, sure, they can go ahead. but yea, IMO, we should have a smallish event with minimal publicity that can prove to everyone that we can hold an event, then the next one will go off with a bang and really publicise cubing. I was thinking of holding the event in the school easter holidays. are there any objections to that???? i was thinking of holding it at my church, but because of what tim said above, which i think is very reasonable, we would probably need a different venue. I would be willin to spend money out of my own pocket to get these competitions up and running to prove that they are for real. any suggestions for a venue???? a uni or fed square prehaps??

EDIT: please put down your ideas for the competition puzzles we will use in the comp. i want 2 know what every1 wants.
 
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i guess i would agree with Tim...and maybe matt you could do the same too...
i suggest you organise a small unofficial competition..just to prove both to WCA and sponsors what they are dealing with....
with recognition and experience in hosting competitions i am sure the first official comp you organise might be more successful.

btw...just a thought...i was hoping that the first AUstralian Open could be organised with more publicity ....since its the first...i want it to be pretty good...i duno..chris levi would you agree?

and another thing...maybe we should start by forming an Aussie cube organisation/society wteva...to promote the puzzle...cuz i don't think this sport isnt very popular amongst australians atm....probably we could raise the publicity first then think about competitions....

hm...just some thoughts
 
joshuali said:
i guess i would agree with Tim...and maybe matt you could do the same too...
i suggest you organise a small unofficial competition..just to prove both to WCA and sponsors what they are dealing with....
with recognition and experience in hosting competitions i am sure the first official comp you organise might be more successful.

btw...just a thought...i was hoping that the first AUstralian Open could be organised with more publicity ....since its the first...i want it to be pretty good...i duno..chris levi would you agree?

and another thing...maybe we should start by forming an Aussie cube organisation/society wteva...to promote the puzzle...cuz i don't think this sport isnt very popular amongst australians atm....probably we could raise the publicity first then think about competitions....

hm...just some thoughts
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yea, that would work. build it up b4 the first official competition. mabye i could hold an unofficial comp at my school, to promote it there. and i think that forming an aussie society would be an awesome idea. we would b the founding members. any ideas how we can get it started and promote things. (with the 2 very good ideas by tim and josh, i don't think there will b an official competition in the next few months, IMO)
 
fazrulz said:
dude, i will easily come to your unofficial comp.


It should be in the next month or 2, and we can have it at your church.
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cool what puzzles do you think we should have. when do you suggest??? do you think that it might be pushing it having it in these upcoming school holidays, coz i do. mabye on a weekend during term 4. i wonder if there are any long holidays then. would a saturday be fine 4 every1??
 
joshuali said:
and another thing...maybe we should start by forming an Aussie cube organisation/society wteva...to promote the puzzle...cuz i don't think this sport isnt very popular amongst australians atm....probably we could raise the publicity first then think about competitions....

hm...just some thoughts
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Heh, six people including myself are setting one up just for a uni project :-D

Although, fundamentally - it'd be better to attract people with a passion for speedsolving when forming a decent group. A bunch of randoms might not work out for the best... We can source them out at these unofficial competitions :-P

Tim.

P.S. If the above is incoherent, sorry - I haven't slept in a while (working on an enterprise system for a health insurance company) x.x
 
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